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The Probie Cometh

Yep. Been 2 months since my last blog. I've been spending a lot of my time at the firehouse, just learning and acclimating. I'm officially on the schedule now. I've worked 2 paid shifts this month, and I have my first 36 hour shift this weekend, between our 2 stations. Hopefully, nobody will want to kill me by the end, and vice versa.

So far, our little fire department is a rather quiet one. I've not had a fire yet, and only one ladder run for "smell coming from the basement" which… Continue

Added by Stephanie on February 22, 2008 at 11:12am — No Comments

Firefighter arrested trying to help victim..check out.

http://www.kmov.com/featuredstories/stories/kmov_localnews_080213_firefighterarrested.bd01f42f.html

A fire fighter Captain was arrested for not moving the fire truck parked in a lane to protect his men.

Added by Jennifer on February 22, 2008 at 8:18am — 1 Comment

Boyd VFD Memories, Part 2: Through The Roof

Thought I'd regale u with one of my most frightening moments as a fireman tonight.

Had to have been about '88 or '89, just before I made Capt., we got called out on a 2swfd 5 miles N of Boyd. I was on the 2nd unit in, Eng 1201. 2 others & myself were detailed to open the roof, so, with SCBA on we grabbed the necessaries (extension ladder, axes, hose, roof ladder), laddered up & onto the roof. We didn't have a chainsaw back then, so we commenced to chop away @ the roof. Now, this… Continue

Added by Mike Simmons on February 21, 2008 at 11:13pm — 1 Comment

A Journey for Justice, 9/11 Rally Fire, EMS, PD, sick responder 2/26 in DC

"JOURNEY FOR JUSTICE"

Thank you,responders,family members,supporters,and media for your patience while we finalize all details of the historical trip. There was a tremendous amount of planning and organizing for this trip.The Fealgood Foundation wishes to thank all NY delegates who have taken time to speak,we wish to thank all congressional staffers and members of both the senate and congress to meet with us on these very important issue's that surround 9/11 responders and their… Continue

Added by Reggie Cervantes on February 21, 2008 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Drunk driver

The bell ring and we jump out of bed,

putting on your gear and putting our helmet on your head,

the truck roll out in the pouring rain,

headed to a wreck between a car and a train,

As the truck rolls up all we can see is a ball of fire,

knowing anyone in it would surely expire,

a call goes to dispatch "Get the bird in the air"

we pull a line and start the attack,

one from the side and one sraying the tank from the back,

as we approach the… Continue

Added by Jeremy Phillips on February 21, 2008 at 8:05am — 1 Comment

Firefighters gathering at Primanti's?

Ughh.....sustenance awaits me(Insert iconic Homer Simpson drool here). I feel I must make the short trip into the city soon. If anyone knows what and where this is, the original one in the Strip District, I'd love to meet up for lunch some weekend soon and talk shop(firefighting, Steelers, Penguins, Pitt, duh!). And holding it around lunch time means the legally under aged amongst us may attend as well. Maybe if it catches on we can make it a once in a while thing, amongst a group of us? I.e.… Continue

Added by Doug on February 21, 2008 at 2:38am — 2 Comments

Useful Probie Rules

Here is a list of a few of the things I learned as a probie in my dept. All you new guys, these are bound to help a little. Enjoy.

Rules Every Probie in a Volunteer Dept Should Know...

You're always the first person you look out for at a scene, your fellow firemen second. (Civilians optional)

You, as a probie, by definition know shit, that is why your shield is a different color, so when an officer looks for someone to do something, you are overlooked, so in your observing… Continue

Added by hoyt on February 20, 2008 at 11:19pm — No Comments

PARAMEDICS NEEDED

GADSDEN-ETOWAH EMS IS IN DIRE NEED OF PARAMEDICS.IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR THE GETOWAH COUNTY,ALABAMA AREA AND NEED A FULL TIME JOB OR WANT A PART TIME JOB AND YOU ARE A LICENSED ALABAMA PARAMEDIC LEAVE ME A MESSAGE AND I WILL GIVE YOU CONTACT INFO.

Added by WILLIAM HUDSON on February 20, 2008 at 10:11pm — No Comments

Pray for 8 yr old Alyvia

Please keep 8 yr old Alyvia in your thoughts and prayers and her mother also. They were involved in an 2 vehicle accident on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008 in Ellerslie, Maryland. She was medivaced to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV. She's currently in the PICU. She had to be extricated from the vehicle. In the Ed, she crashed. After two chest tubes and over 15 minutes of resuscitative measures, she was revived, this was the first time, She ran out of blood (fluid depleted)and crashed again.… Continue

Added by Donna on February 20, 2008 at 9:26pm — 2 Comments

On a newfound appreciation for the little things in life

Due to my recent dislocate-my-knee-and-thus-have-cadaver-put-in-my-knee escapade, i have now gained a newfound appriciation for the things I used to take for granted, especially my friends and family who have stuck by me through this whole mess. This injury/surgery has for all intensive purposes catupulted me into being a bedridden 21 year old geriatric patient. I cannot even do the basic things needed to sustain life on my own. At the most, other than the bathroom breaks when it gets to the… Continue

Added by Marie on February 20, 2008 at 6:48pm — 2 Comments

Remembering Two Fallen Heroes DVD by Stephen Walsh

My friend Stephen Walsh has created a DVD in memory of two Boston Firefighters who were killed in the line of duty last year. Paul Cahill and Warren Payne both perished on August 29, 2007 at the Tai Ho Resturant on Centre Street.

The DVD features photographs taken at the fire and at the Line Of Duty Death funerals of both firefighters. For more information, please click the image below.…

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Added by NEFirePhoto.com on February 20, 2008 at 4:07pm — No Comments

DVD Saves Firefighter from Bullet

A South Carolina man is thankful for a DVD that ended up taking a bullet for him.

Colleton County Fire and Rescue Director Barry McRoy says he was leaving a Waffle House restaurant in Walterboro on Saturday morning when two men ran in fighting over a gun. Police say a bullet hit one of the struggling men, shattered a window and then hit McRoy.

The bullet hit a DVD McRoy was carrying in his pocket.…

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Added by Firefighter Nation WebChief on February 19, 2008 at 10:35pm — 1 Comment

EMS Friends vs. Civilian Friends

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Get upset if you're too busy to talk to them for a week.

EMS FRIENDS: Are glad to see you after years, and will happily carry on the same conversation you were having the last time you met.

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Have never seen you cry.

EMS FRIENDS: Have cried with you.

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Borrow your stuff for a few days then give it back.

EMS FRIENDS: Keep your stuff so long they forget it's… Continue

Added by Danielle on February 19, 2008 at 9:32pm — 4 Comments

Life is fair?

Today my service brought in a six year old boy who did not make it. I then went to work at the same hospital where I walked by his body several times and I begun to wonder why I put myself through this kind of emotional charade the ups and downs, When at work I walked by his body but did not know he was gone. He was alone everytime I walked by the bay and the door was closed but I did not think much of it. I am sitting here after finding out and wondering why I do it. Why have I made the… Continue

Added by Jojo on February 19, 2008 at 8:30pm — 5 Comments

YOU MINGHT BE AN EMT IF................

1. You have the bladder capacity of five people.

2. You have ever restrained someone and it wasn't a sexual experience.

3. You believe that 50% of people of a waste of good air.

4. Your idea of a good time is a shooting or a car crash/rollover.

5. You believe in the aerial spraying of Prozac and birth control pills.

6. You believe the government should require a permit to reproduce.

7. You refer to your favorite restaurant by the intersection it's located… Continue

Added by susan on February 19, 2008 at 6:00pm — 4 Comments

In Loving Memory of Tracy Lee Chinery

Tracy Lee Chinery (9)
Apr. 24, 1998-Feb. 16, 2008
Honorary Kelley Fire & Rescue FireFighter/EMT
Lost But Not Forgotten-Making Sure All Return Home!

Added by Joel Swanson on February 19, 2008 at 5:43pm — 3 Comments

thank goodness!!!

CRAWFORD NOTCH, N.H. -- Two hikers missing in Crawford Notch since Sunday were found Tuesday morning -- exhausted, dehydrated but otherwise OK.

Alex Obert, 30, and Stephen McCay, 29, both of Arlington, Va., were found on the back side of Mount Eisenhower. A helicopter spotted the men walking and took them off the mountain at about 10:30 a.m.

"We're feeling pretty good," Obert said. "Glad to be out of the weather and into some dry clothes."

The men were in good… Continue

Added by Marie on February 19, 2008 at 5:39pm — 2 Comments

Make a wish.

First off let me say that im not putting this up for a Job well done, or a way to go, or a atta boy. This is a touching story that i happen to have had the pleasure of being involved in. If anyone would like to search this google (make a wish william mckay).

Two things can bring brawny, hardened firefighters to tears: Tragedy, and making the final wish of a terminally ill child come true. It explains why a dozen members of the Colonie Fire Department cried… Continue

Added by ENGINE 6 LT. on February 19, 2008 at 4:00pm — 6 Comments

Thoughts and Prayers Please!!!!

Hello All, today i got word that two of our FF/EMT's in my county have been missing for over a day after going on a hiking trip in New Hampshire,

please, please, please, keep the both of them as well as their family and friends in you thoughts and prayers!

~Marie

Added by Marie on February 19, 2008 at 1:45am — 7 Comments

Vacation?

Hey all! I just had my first REAL Vacation. Some of it was absolutely wonderful...and some of it would have made a good disaster flick! Everybody has a story to tell, and vacations always provide some good material for stories, so let's hear it - How was YOUR vacation?

The whole thing started out very promising...my best friend called me while I was on the side of a hill above San Bernardino in late October. "How would you like to go to Cabo San Lucas in February for your Christmas… Continue

Added by Wendy Neumeyer on February 19, 2008 at 1:40am — No Comments